Research Papers
Man With Facial Nerve Palsy and Ear Pain. Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.
Annals of emergency medicine • 2016 • Vol. 67 (1)
Dal, O; Eken, C; Kutlu, M
Intracranial Facial Nerve Grafting in the Setting of Skull Base Tumors: Global and Regional Facial Function Analysis and Possible Implications for Facial Reanimation Surgery.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery • 2016 • Vol. 137 (1)
BACKGROUND: Reconstructive surgeons may encounter patients presenting after intracranial facial nerve resection and grafting in the setting of skull base tumors, who inquire regarding progression, fi…
Barnett, S; Blau, P; Harrison, B
Stryker SMARTLock Hybrid Maxillomandibular Fixation System: Clinical Application, Complications, and Radiographic Findings.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery • 2016 • Vol. 137 (1)
BACKGROUND: The SMARTLock Hybrid MMF System from Stryker is a newer approach for maxillomandibular fixation. This study was performed to determine the clinical application, complications, radiographi…
Barber, J; Fa, J; Indresano, A
A Systematic Review of Recall Regimen and Maintenance Regimen of Patients with Dental Restorations. Part 1: Tooth-Borne Restorations.
Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists • 2016 • Vol. 25 Suppl 1
PURPOSE: To evaluate the current scientific evidence on patient recall and maintenance of dental restorations on natural teeth, standardize patient care regimens, and improve maintenance of oral heal…
Bidra, A; Chandler, N; Curtis, D
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Recall and Maintenance of Patients with Tooth-Borne and Implant-Borne Dental Restorations.
Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists • 2016 • Vol. 25 Suppl 1
PURPOSE: To provide guidelines for patient recall regimen, professional maintenance regimen, and at-home maintenance regimen for patients with tooth-borne and implant-borne removable and fixed restor…
Bidra, A; Chandler, N; Curtis, D
Me, the applicant, and the 500,000-pound gorilla: A challenge in orthodontic education.
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics • 2016 • Vol. 149 (1)
Behrents, R
Authors' response.
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics • 2016 • Vol. 149 (1)
Bellamine, M; Benchikh, B; Echchadi, M
Authors' response.
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics • 2016 • Vol. 149 (1)
Helms, H; Klang, E; Knosel, M
Comparison of pain perception during miniscrew placement in orthodontic patients with a visual analog scale survey between compound topical and needle-injected anesthetics: A crossover, prospective, randomized clinical trial.
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics • 2016 • Vol. 149 (1)
INTRODUCTION: The use of a compound topical anesthetic (CTA) instead of an injection of a local anesthetic for placing miniscrew implants offers advantages to both the clinician and the patient. The …
Carey, C; Harrell, R; Lamberton, J
Effect of a single dose of low-level laser therapy on spontaneous and chewing pain caused by elastomeric separators.
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics • 2016 • Vol. 149 (1)
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to see the effect of a single dose of low-level laser therapy on spontaneous and chewing pain after the placement of elastomeric separators. METHODS: Eighty-ei…
Alam, M; Fida, M; Khan, A
Notes from the Field: Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis Misdiagnoses at a Rural Urgent-Care Clinic--Wyoming, March 2015.
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report • 2016 • Vol. 64 (50-51)
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is the most common bacterial cause of pharyngitis, implicated in 20%-30% of pediatric and 5%-15% of adult health care visits for sore throat (1). Along with the sudden ons…
Harrist, A; Murphy, T; Shulman, S
Effect of Eudragit on In Vitro Transfection Efficiency of PEI-DNA Complexes.
Anticancer research • 2016 • Vol. 36 (1)
AIM: Eudragit(R) E 100 (EE100) was used to improve the transfection efficiency of polyethylenimine (PEI). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mobility of PEI-DNA complexes with and without EE100 were visualized b…
Kanthamneni, N; Lee, R; Yung, B
Utilizing CAD/CAM to Measure Total Occlusal Convergence of Preclinical Dental Students' Crown Preparations.
Journal of dental education • 2016 • Vol. 80 (1)
Traditionally, faculty assessment of preclinical crown preparations occurs by visualizing preparation features. However, contemporary CAD/CAM tools have the ability to more precisely evaluate prepara…
Crisp, H; Mays, K; Vos, P
A Genome Wide Study of Copy Number Variation Associated with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Malaysian Chinese Identifies CNVs at 11q14.3 and 6p21.3 as Candidate Loci.
PLoS One • 2016 • Vol. 11 (1)
BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a neoplasm of the epithelial lining of the nasopharynx. Despite various reports linking genomic variants to NPC predisposition, very few reports were don…
Chin, Y; Govindasamy, G; Khoo, A
Rough patch of palatal mucosa. Hyperplastic and discolored palatal gingival.
General dentistry • 2016 • Vol. 64 (1)
Damm, D
Planning extensive esthetic restorations for anterior teeth: use of waxed-up study casts and composite resin mock-ups.
General dentistry • 2016 • Vol. 64 (1)
The aim of this case report is to highlight the importance of appropriate planning protocols when direct composite resin restorations are used to solve extensive esthetic problems. A 30-year-old pati…
Baratto, S; Correr, G; da Cunha, L
Spectral characteristics of caries-related autofluorescence spectra and their use for diagnosis of caries stage.
Journal of biomedical optics • 2016 • Vol. 21 (1)
Jung, K; Ko, C; Kwon, Y
Vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO): cephalometric norms for a Moroccan population.
Journal of orofacial orthopedics = Fortschritte der Kieferorthopadie : Organ/official journal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kieferorthopadie • 2016 • Vol. 77 (1)
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this work was to develop cephalometric standards of the vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO) in Moroccan adults. METHODS: Our data consisted of standardized lateral cephal…
Bennani, A; Jouhadi, E; Ousehal, L
Apical extrusion of debris using reciprocating files and rotary instrumentation systems.
Nigerian journal of clinical practice • 2016 • Vol. 19 (1)
BACKGROUND: To compare the preparation time and amount of apically extruded debris after the preparation of root canals in extracted human teeth using the reciprocating files and rotary nickel-titani…
Guler, B; Ozyurek, T; Tunc, T
Prevalence of Submandibular Gland Synucleinopathy in Parkinson's Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies and other Lewy Body Disorders.
Journal of Parkinson's disease • 2016 • Vol. 6 (1)
BACKGROUND: Clinical misdiagnosis, particularly at early disease stages, is a roadblock to finding new therapies for Lewy body disorders. Biopsy of a peripheral site might provide improved diagnostic…
Adler, C; Beach, T; Belden, C